Improvement in steam water-elevator



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Letters Patent No. 104,650, dated .fune 21, 1870.

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IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM WATER-ELEVATOR.

The Schedule referred tio in these letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it'known` that I, CHARLES Roenes, of Allegheny City, in .the countylof Alleghenyy and State of Pennsylvania, have invented` a new andvaluable Im provenient in Steam IVater-Elevatrs; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operationof the r rangement of a circular 'swell orchamber in the stock,

within which is a vhollow diaphragm inclosing the steam-chamber, incasedin brimstone orother similar non-conducting subst-anceH'md provided withjets designed to impart, by the `action of the steam issuing therefrom,aiswift rotary motion to the water in the swell -of the stocl,tliei-ebycausing it to rise in the stock by centrifugal force.

l The letter A ofthe drawing designates the stock or central tubethrough whicl1`.the wat'er rises.

B, the expansion thereof,jibrming the water-chamber b, which is made inthe form of a double conoid or U represents the inner diaphragm, similarin form to the outer case B, but more attened or oblate. This hollowdiaphragm or case forms the inner wall of the waterchamber, and is soarranged that the distance between the "walls of t-hechamber gradually(liminishes, both above and below, as it approaches the central orywidest part of the case B.

D D represent curved partitions or dividing-plates, placed spirallyinthe upper half of the water-chamber, and extending from thecircumference of the diaphragm` toward-the center of the upper surfacethereof.

The hollow diaphragm is secured'to the steam-pipe E, which passes downwithin it to the steam-chamber.

j On the under side of the diaphragm, and arranged about theceuterthereof, are the spiral jets a, small pipes communicating with thesteam-chamber within -the diaphragm, and so formed that they willdeliver the steam into the water-chamber at orneagrvit's lowest point,and will cause it' to strike the water therein at au angle of aboutforty-five degrees from the radius of the circle in which the jets areplaced.

Within the hollow diaphragm ist-he steam-chamber H, receiving the steamfrom the generator through the pipe E, and deliveringit in jets againstthe body of water inthe chamber b.

For the prevention 'of condensation, a jacket, z, of

brimstone, or other suitable non-conducting material,

is arranged to envelope the steam-chamber within the diaphragm.

The lower portion of the steam-pipe E, where it is in contact with thewater, is covered with similar non conducting material, for the samepurpose.

rlhe operation of my invention is as follows:

'lhe lower portion ofthe stock, including the chamber b, orthe lowerpart of it, is placed in the water. Steam, having been let on from thegenerator, issues from the mouths of the pipes a in jets of great force,causing a rotary movement of the water in the chamber. A centrifugalmovement of the particles of water follows, which is-enhanced by thefact that the waterchamber tapers upward and outward from the positionofthe steam-jets. Therefore the particles of water rise into the upperportion of the chamber b, where'they are guided gradually but rapidly tothe' center by the spiral wings or plates D, and the water,consequently,rises inthe main pipe A.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPateut,is-- Y 1. In the main pipe of a steam water-elevator, thewater-chamber b, in combination with the double convex diaphragm C,vprovided, with the curved guideplates I) on its upper surface, thespiral jets a arranged to give a centrifugal movement to the water, andthe steam-chamber H enveloped with brimstone or other non-comluctingsubstance, as specified.` l

2. The steam water-elevator herein described, wherein the elevation ofthe water is eected by theoentrif- Augal movement thereof, produced bythe action of jets of steam in a water-chamber, b, substantially asspecied.

In testimony, that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two wit-

